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Kids Kino Docs welcomes six youth-focused documentary projects for 2022/23 workshop
The second edition of Kids Kino Docs has announced the participants of the documentary development programme for filmmakers. Organised by the New Horizons Association and the South Norwegian Film Centre, the programme seeks is to support the development of documentary films and series for young audiences. As part of a 15-month-long programme, six participants from…
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In the direction of the totalitarian
PRE-FASCISM: Written for society «between Hitler and Stalin», Timothy Snyder's book lies between patriotic obedience and political disobedience.
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Plastic waste’s journey into the Arctic region
ENVIRONMENT: GPS ‘drifters’ follow the paths of plastic waste from a German river toward Lofoten, north of the Arctic Circle.
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Palestine, Portugal, pluralism
Let me take this time for more examples identity is problematic. Who-you-are and where-you-belong-to are still debated. As usual, Norway’s Foreign Minister led the Donor Group for Palestine (AHLC) – this time at Oslo City Hall for a couple of hundred participants, such as Palestinians, Israelis, the United States, the EU, Russia, the UN and…
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The story they were looking for
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A young man who dared to dream big and chased those dreams via illegal shortcuts.
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Freedom, equality and sisterhood
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGIST: With topics such as forced marriage, child marriage, rape, and honour killings, Professor Unni Wikan has studied people all her life, but not least – the Muslim. She has had to avoid that.
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Divorce is as common in Niger as in Norway
DIVORCE: Despite variations in bride prices, getting married in Niger can be costly, and women are obligated to repay the bride price in the event of a divorce.
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IDFA Country Focus: Chile
The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam kicks off its festival today through 6 December 2020 (online market shave been open since Monday, 16 November already). With the world’s documentary industry descending (digitally) on the Dutch capital, each country brings their best and brightest non-fiction content to #IDFA in various forms. This year, Modern Times Review puts…
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The fireball at the end of the world
COSMOS: In his tireless search for uncanny strangeness, Herzog encounters different types of meteorite-hunters who look for a lived connection with the larger cosmos – and explores the deeper causes of our apocalyptic thrills.